1 00:00:08,125 --> 00:00:10,374 Previously on Billions... 2 00:00:10,375 --> 00:00:13,541 Today you're the man who brought down Lawrence Boyd. 3 00:00:13,542 --> 00:00:14,500 You're under arrest. 4 00:00:14,501 --> 00:00:16,999 Today you're Elvis. 5 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:19,082 The only question now is... 6 00:00:19,083 --> 00:00:21,541 Which mansion will it be, Gracie or the Governor's? 7 00:00:21,542 --> 00:00:23,290 Head of Crim. Man, plum purchase. 8 00:00:23,291 --> 00:00:26,499 Freaking launch pad of the private sector. 9 00:00:26,500 --> 00:00:28,165 I mean, you land it, you're minted. 10 00:00:28,166 --> 00:00:29,208 My part is done for now. 11 00:00:31,792 --> 00:00:33,666 Oh, what the fuck. 12 00:00:33,667 --> 00:00:34,916 Hang for a minute, Bryan. 13 00:00:34,917 --> 00:00:37,124 Listen to what Bobby has to say. 14 00:00:37,125 --> 00:00:40,290 Come work for Bach's firm, on my account. 15 00:00:40,291 --> 00:00:43,124 You know what Rhoades is, Bryan, 16 00:00:43,125 --> 00:00:46,666 and I know you made that call. 17 00:00:46,667 --> 00:00:49,666 What did you do to get Axelrod to drop his civil suits? 18 00:00:49,667 --> 00:00:51,707 I went back to work at Axe Capital. 19 00:00:51,708 --> 00:00:53,040 I'm happy that it works for you. 20 00:00:53,041 --> 00:00:57,332 But for us, I'm afraid it's a deal breaker. 21 00:00:57,333 --> 00:00:59,666 If you ever decide to grapple with 22 00:00:59,667 --> 00:01:01,958 why you feel happiness for you can only exist 23 00:01:01,959 --> 00:01:05,999 in the company of hairless 21-year-old girls, come see me. 24 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:07,834 We can fix that quick. 25 00:01:08,835 --> 00:01:10,035 Thanks for taking the meeting. 26 00:01:10,059 --> 00:01:11,374 Anything for Bruno. 27 00:01:11,375 --> 00:01:14,707 Sandicot's downtown is ripe for redevelopment. 28 00:01:14,708 --> 00:01:16,749 The whole county's on the edge of default. 29 00:01:16,750 --> 00:01:17,542 If they don't get the casino, 30 00:01:17,543 --> 00:01:19,290 it goes from something to consider 31 00:01:19,291 --> 00:01:20,874 to something to never think about again. 32 00:01:20,875 --> 00:01:22,916 Move forward with the bond. 33 00:01:22,917 --> 00:01:24,874 The casino is coming to Sandicot. 34 00:01:24,875 --> 00:01:26,958 We are committing to this play. 35 00:01:26,959 --> 00:01:29,582 Sandicot's not getting the gaming license. 36 00:01:29,583 --> 00:01:30,583 It's over. 37 00:01:38,917 --> 00:01:43,041 ♪ Dramatic music ♪ 38 00:01:51,834 --> 00:01:53,374 How did I get fucked? 39 00:01:53,375 --> 00:01:56,541 That casino was supposed to be locked-the-fuck in. 40 00:01:56,542 --> 00:01:58,416 When an op goes sour, 41 00:01:58,417 --> 00:02:00,708 we're taught to go back to its genesis. 42 00:02:10,542 --> 00:02:12,749 Bobby. 43 00:02:12,750 --> 00:02:14,875 Put the bat down. 44 00:02:16,708 --> 00:02:18,582 The gaming license went to another town. 45 00:02:18,583 --> 00:02:20,791 Oh, no. 46 00:02:20,792 --> 00:02:22,583 Let's have a talk with your nephew. 47 00:02:25,750 --> 00:02:28,333 ♪ Dramatic music ♪ 48 00:02:38,291 --> 00:02:39,541 Who paid you? 49 00:02:39,542 --> 00:02:40,750 It's not like that. 50 00:02:41,583 --> 00:02:44,165 Marco, it better fucking not be. 51 00:02:44,166 --> 00:02:47,332 It's not, Uncle Bru. It's not, Mr. Axelrod. 52 00:02:47,333 --> 00:02:48,417 And you, sir. 53 00:02:50,834 --> 00:02:52,916 - I'm gonna be sick. - You should be... 54 00:02:52,917 --> 00:02:55,541 because you know who you really hurt with this move. 55 00:02:55,542 --> 00:02:56,624 There was no move. 56 00:02:56,625 --> 00:02:59,916 You fronted like the whole thing was wired. 57 00:02:59,917 --> 00:03:02,290 Was that bait? Or were you the bait? 58 00:03:02,291 --> 00:03:03,582 I swear. 59 00:03:03,583 --> 00:03:06,332 If you didn't set Mr. Axelrod up, who set you up? 60 00:03:06,333 --> 00:03:08,040 Nobody. It's a thing that happened, 61 00:03:08,041 --> 00:03:09,332 not something anyone did. 62 00:03:09,333 --> 00:03:10,208 That is the kind of thing I'd say. 63 00:03:10,209 --> 00:03:11,749 You vetted the info yourself. 64 00:03:11,750 --> 00:03:13,999 I did. 65 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:16,374 Which means whoever put you up to this 66 00:03:16,375 --> 00:03:18,959 was careful and targeted. 67 00:03:25,083 --> 00:03:27,333 Do you understand me? 68 00:03:31,375 --> 00:03:34,249 I swear... on my eyes. 69 00:03:34,250 --> 00:03:37,749 Yes, you do. Now, who paid you? 70 00:03:37,750 --> 00:03:40,290 No one even knew who I was going to 71 00:03:40,291 --> 00:03:43,374 for the financing, not at first. 72 00:03:43,375 --> 00:03:45,332 It's some kind of Albany machine shit. 73 00:03:45,333 --> 00:03:47,749 The kind that's been going on for 100 years 74 00:03:47,750 --> 00:03:49,207 that we got caught in. 75 00:03:49,208 --> 00:03:51,958 You're getting fottuto for something someone's cousin did 76 00:03:51,959 --> 00:03:54,624 to someone else's boss in a distant part of the state. 77 00:03:54,625 --> 00:03:56,082 "Fottuto" means getting fucked. 78 00:03:56,083 --> 00:03:58,083 I picked that up in context. 79 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:05,290 You know the kind of options 80 00:04:05,291 --> 00:04:07,708 this leaves me to get my money out. 81 00:04:12,583 --> 00:04:14,625 Go long. 82 00:04:17,542 --> 00:04:20,332 Oh, my bad. I overshot you. 83 00:04:20,333 --> 00:04:22,541 Looks like you finally have some family time. 84 00:04:22,542 --> 00:04:24,082 Thanks for coming down here. 85 00:04:24,083 --> 00:04:26,541 No, the Boyd business kept me living at the office, 86 00:04:26,542 --> 00:04:28,332 so I promised Kevin I'd spend the day 87 00:04:28,333 --> 00:04:29,582 with him when it was done. 88 00:04:29,583 --> 00:04:32,917 But I'm always happy to find time for you. 89 00:04:34,375 --> 00:04:36,040 Kevin, come here for a minute. 90 00:04:36,041 --> 00:04:38,457 There's someone I'd like you to meet. 91 00:04:38,458 --> 00:04:39,666 This is Mike Dimonda, 92 00:04:39,667 --> 00:04:43,707 an excellent and very influential young journalist. 93 00:04:43,708 --> 00:04:45,541 Mike, my son Kevin. 94 00:04:45,542 --> 00:04:46,707 Nice to meet you, sir. 95 00:04:46,708 --> 00:04:47,833 Helluva handshake, Kevin. 96 00:04:47,834 --> 00:04:49,374 He's a good kid. 97 00:04:49,375 --> 00:04:51,834 Okay, uh, go out. 98 00:04:52,792 --> 00:04:54,499 Skinny post. 99 00:04:54,500 --> 00:04:56,750 Omaha, Omaha. Hut. 100 00:04:57,708 --> 00:04:59,624 This is the kind of unadulterated high point 101 00:04:59,625 --> 00:05:02,749 that rarely comes along. It's hard to see what more 102 00:05:02,750 --> 00:05:04,541 there is for you to gain as U.S. Attorney. 103 00:05:04,542 --> 00:05:06,742 House, Senate, or do you have plans to run for Governor? 104 00:05:06,766 --> 00:05:08,416 Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. 105 00:05:08,417 --> 00:05:10,207 - Where'd you get that? - What I hear is 106 00:05:10,208 --> 00:05:11,749 you're taking a quick victory lap, 107 00:05:11,750 --> 00:05:14,082 and then it's City Hall, Capitol Building, or Albany. 108 00:05:14,083 --> 00:05:18,457 I would never even consider it while still in office. 109 00:05:18,458 --> 00:05:22,124 You will be the first to know should that change. 110 00:05:22,125 --> 00:05:24,416 Do you mind if I, uh, shoot a few of you guys 111 00:05:24,417 --> 00:05:26,582 throwing the ball around? Or is that private? 112 00:05:26,583 --> 00:05:28,166 It is. 113 00:05:29,208 --> 00:05:31,290 But if you think it has some value, 114 00:05:31,291 --> 00:05:32,958 then... we can make an exception. 115 00:05:32,959 --> 00:05:35,583 That'd be great. 116 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:38,249 Come on, Kev. 117 00:05:38,250 --> 00:05:39,499 All right? 118 00:05:39,500 --> 00:05:41,417 How's that? 119 00:05:42,583 --> 00:05:46,165 ♪ Hangin' round downtown by myself ♪ 120 00:05:46,166 --> 00:05:49,999 ♪ And I had so much time ♪ 121 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:52,999 ♪ To sit and think about myself ♪ 122 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:56,582 ♪ And then there she was ♪ 123 00:05:56,583 --> 00:05:58,874 ♪ Like double cherry pie ♪ 124 00:05:58,875 --> 00:06:02,499 ♪ Yeah, there she was ♪ 125 00:06:02,500 --> 00:06:07,000 ♪ Like disco superfly... ♪ 126 00:06:08,708 --> 00:06:12,958 Ryan, why don't you show me the rest of the house? 127 00:06:12,959 --> 00:06:14,165 Soon, baby. 128 00:06:14,166 --> 00:06:15,833 It's just... 129 00:06:15,834 --> 00:06:17,499 I'm so close. 130 00:06:17,500 --> 00:06:18,125 Is the pool heater on? 131 00:06:18,126 --> 00:06:20,207 I think you can handle... 132 00:06:20,208 --> 00:06:21,333 Yeah, I can. 133 00:06:23,834 --> 00:06:27,000 - ♪ I smell sex and candy... ♪ - Get inside. Now. 134 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:30,541 Get the fuck out. 135 00:06:30,542 --> 00:06:31,916 I'm a pretty chill boss, 136 00:06:31,917 --> 00:06:33,833 but how far do you want to fucking push it? 137 00:06:33,834 --> 00:06:35,499 I wasn't expecting you till tomorrow. 138 00:06:35,500 --> 00:06:36,707 And you didn't call, so... 139 00:06:36,708 --> 00:06:38,165 We don't need to fucking call. 140 00:06:38,166 --> 00:06:40,290 Right. I'm sorry. 141 00:06:40,291 --> 00:06:41,624 Of course. 142 00:06:41,625 --> 00:06:42,542 I'm sorry. 143 00:06:42,543 --> 00:06:44,416 You know how much I like you, Ryan. 144 00:06:44,417 --> 00:06:46,290 But even still, I'm tempted to broom your ass. 145 00:06:46,291 --> 00:06:47,874 Tell me you didn't use our bed. 146 00:06:47,875 --> 00:06:49,515 No, no. No. I did not even let her inside. 147 00:06:49,539 --> 00:06:52,374 That is lucky for you. 148 00:06:52,375 --> 00:06:53,583 Those towels go in the trash. 149 00:06:58,083 --> 00:07:00,582 Sounds like you've been pardoned. 150 00:07:00,583 --> 00:07:02,416 I'm doing a war room. 151 00:07:02,417 --> 00:07:04,582 I need you to make lunch for eight. 152 00:07:04,583 --> 00:07:06,124 Thanks, Axe. 153 00:07:06,125 --> 00:07:07,542 I'm really sorry. 154 00:07:09,625 --> 00:07:12,416 And wash your fucking hands. 155 00:07:12,417 --> 00:07:13,875 Right. 156 00:07:16,458 --> 00:07:17,458 Hello. 157 00:07:17,458 --> 00:07:18,417 That was quick. 158 00:07:18,418 --> 00:07:20,582 Thought you'd be back later. 159 00:07:20,583 --> 00:07:24,165 Yeah, well, we had our catch. 160 00:07:24,166 --> 00:07:27,874 Then Dad did the interview, and we came home. 161 00:07:27,875 --> 00:07:30,333 Bye, Dad. 162 00:07:33,083 --> 00:07:34,883 You said you wanted to spend the day with him. 163 00:07:34,907 --> 00:07:38,416 Yeah, I said I wanted to spend time with him, and I did. 164 00:07:38,417 --> 00:07:40,332 You used him as a prop. 165 00:07:40,333 --> 00:07:41,666 Which you swore you'd never do, 166 00:07:41,667 --> 00:07:44,834 since that's exactly what your father did to you. 167 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:48,374 We spent the morning at the park. 168 00:07:48,375 --> 00:07:49,291 And a reporter happened upon us 169 00:07:49,292 --> 00:07:51,541 because, at the moment, 170 00:07:51,542 --> 00:07:53,707 I am news-worthy. 171 00:07:53,708 --> 00:07:54,958 Finally in a good way. 172 00:07:54,959 --> 00:07:57,124 I'm sure it's a wonderful lesson for Kevin 173 00:07:57,125 --> 00:07:59,374 - on what really matters. - Indeed it was. 174 00:07:59,375 --> 00:08:01,082 He got to run around a little bit, 175 00:08:01,083 --> 00:08:02,958 and he got some exposure 176 00:08:02,959 --> 00:08:05,834 as to how you finesse relations with the fourth estate. 177 00:08:08,250 --> 00:08:10,791 That is exactly the kind of half-truth 178 00:08:10,792 --> 00:08:13,791 that's led to our current situation. 179 00:08:13,792 --> 00:08:14,708 As is your failure to tell me 180 00:08:14,709 --> 00:08:17,624 you were going back to work for Axelrod. 181 00:08:17,625 --> 00:08:18,874 Oh, my God. 182 00:08:18,875 --> 00:08:22,416 Oh, I had to Columbo that one for myself. 183 00:08:22,417 --> 00:08:24,249 Yet it seems that I'm required 184 00:08:24,250 --> 00:08:26,541 to disclose every detail of how I spend my time. 185 00:08:26,542 --> 00:08:28,666 No, you're not. When it comes to the kids, 186 00:08:28,667 --> 00:08:30,307 yes, complete transparency, but otherwise, 187 00:08:30,331 --> 00:08:32,874 you don't have to share anything, so you know, go. 188 00:08:32,875 --> 00:08:35,207 Do whatever the fuck you want, and so will I. 189 00:08:35,208 --> 00:08:37,374 Oh, there it goes. There it goes. 190 00:08:37,375 --> 00:08:41,791 Your justification... 191 00:08:41,792 --> 00:08:45,124 slid in there so maybe I would realize it later. 192 00:08:45,125 --> 00:08:47,750 But there it was. 193 00:08:49,667 --> 00:08:51,792 You want the freedom to see other people. 194 00:08:54,959 --> 00:08:57,499 Yes. 195 00:08:57,500 --> 00:08:59,165 I want freedom... 196 00:08:59,166 --> 00:09:01,290 all around. 197 00:09:01,291 --> 00:09:03,165 And I would be free, as well. 198 00:09:03,166 --> 00:09:04,875 Consider that door open. 199 00:09:06,542 --> 00:09:08,207 You're really saying those words? 200 00:09:08,208 --> 00:09:10,749 Yes, I am. 201 00:09:10,750 --> 00:09:12,834 For both of us. 202 00:09:15,083 --> 00:09:16,083 Wendy. 203 00:09:16,084 --> 00:09:17,583 What? 204 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:21,667 I'll see you tomorrow. 205 00:09:23,375 --> 00:09:26,208 ♪ Dramatic music ♪ 206 00:09:29,583 --> 00:09:32,457 So, it's fallen upon all of you 207 00:09:32,458 --> 00:09:34,290 to figure out how to get us un-fucked. 208 00:09:34,291 --> 00:09:35,999 The gaming license was the guarantee 209 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:37,480 that Sandicot would pay off the notes. 210 00:09:37,504 --> 00:09:39,707 Now, the license is gone, the area is going to default, 211 00:09:39,708 --> 00:09:41,833 and we're about to eat a half a billion, 212 00:09:41,834 --> 00:09:45,916 including 100 mill in fresh capital we put in. 213 00:09:45,917 --> 00:09:47,417 Any suggestions? 214 00:09:49,625 --> 00:09:52,249 There's no road to raising tax revenues. 215 00:09:52,250 --> 00:09:54,124 I don't give a shit what we don't have. 216 00:09:54,125 --> 00:09:56,332 I need to know the roads that are open to us 217 00:09:56,333 --> 00:09:58,133 or the ground that can be cleared to make one. 218 00:09:58,157 --> 00:10:01,082 Isn't there anyone we can sell this turd to? 219 00:10:01,083 --> 00:10:03,416 Not without taking a nine-figure haircut. 220 00:10:03,417 --> 00:10:05,040 Same goes for restructuring. 221 00:10:05,041 --> 00:10:06,666 This thing stinks like Billy Batts 222 00:10:06,667 --> 00:10:07,792 in the trunk right now. 223 00:10:09,041 --> 00:10:10,165 Austerity. 224 00:10:10,166 --> 00:10:12,707 You don't need to whisper it like it's some dark spell 225 00:10:12,708 --> 00:10:15,624 that'll come true if you say it too loudly. 226 00:10:15,625 --> 00:10:17,542 It kind of is, though, isn't it? 227 00:10:21,708 --> 00:10:23,666 Yeah. Because once you say it, 228 00:10:23,667 --> 00:10:26,207 you realize it's your only option. 229 00:10:26,208 --> 00:10:26,959 Austerity. 230 00:10:26,960 --> 00:10:29,834 Okay. Step it out for everyone. 231 00:10:31,125 --> 00:10:34,707 Well, the note exchange requires that the town pay you first, 232 00:10:34,708 --> 00:10:37,082 before any of its other financial obligations, 233 00:10:37,083 --> 00:10:39,374 like union contracts with town workers, 234 00:10:39,375 --> 00:10:41,124 teachers' salaries, all that. 235 00:10:41,125 --> 00:10:43,207 Austerity just means you enforce that. 236 00:10:43,208 --> 00:10:45,999 Yes. Go ahead, seize their assets, 237 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:47,874 like Singer did in Argentina. 238 00:10:47,875 --> 00:10:49,124 What kind of assets? 239 00:10:49,125 --> 00:10:51,624 Sandicot is not an entire South American country. 240 00:10:51,625 --> 00:10:53,916 Right. We wouldn't be skimming cream off the top. 241 00:10:53,917 --> 00:10:55,791 We'd be gutting them for their organs, 242 00:10:55,792 --> 00:10:57,249 like in a Korean horror movie. 243 00:10:57,250 --> 00:11:00,999 You'd be mostly looking at land, buildings, and utilities. 244 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:02,707 Town also has an original Remington. 245 00:11:02,708 --> 00:11:05,290 It's worth upwards of $900,000. 246 00:11:05,291 --> 00:11:06,416 The fuck's a Remington? 247 00:11:06,417 --> 00:11:09,749 Frederic. American artist from the 19th century. 248 00:11:09,750 --> 00:11:12,458 He specialized in depictions of the Old West. 249 00:11:14,041 --> 00:11:17,082 I took Art History for the automatic A. 250 00:11:17,083 --> 00:11:18,457 Some of it stuck. 251 00:11:18,458 --> 00:11:20,624 If you force them to pay you, 252 00:11:20,625 --> 00:11:22,707 the county would have to severely cut back 253 00:11:22,708 --> 00:11:24,828 on its municipal workforce, roll back labor contracts, 254 00:11:24,852 --> 00:11:27,332 and pillage its pension funds. 255 00:11:27,333 --> 00:11:29,173 Eventually they'd have to shutter some schools, 256 00:11:29,174 --> 00:11:30,881 leading to overpopulated classrooms 257 00:11:30,882 --> 00:11:33,082 and forced free periods. 258 00:11:33,083 --> 00:11:35,999 Decreased graduation rates, increased crime. 259 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:38,707 They would be consolidation of hospitals, fire houses. 260 00:11:38,708 --> 00:11:41,749 There would also be cuts in police manpower. 261 00:11:41,750 --> 00:11:43,999 Which would bring other kinds of problems. 262 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:45,499 The effects are viral. 263 00:11:45,500 --> 00:11:47,332 The losses spin off to the businesses 264 00:11:47,333 --> 00:11:49,124 that provide services to the town. 265 00:11:49,125 --> 00:11:51,040 Other area businesses start to close, 266 00:11:51,041 --> 00:11:52,707 and more jobs are lost. 267 00:11:52,708 --> 00:11:55,916 Won't all this be a PR nightmare? 268 00:11:55,917 --> 00:11:58,916 PR that comes with losing that much money is a nightmare, too. 269 00:11:58,917 --> 00:12:00,707 And we lose the money. 270 00:12:00,708 --> 00:12:03,124 I don't like any of the answers I'm hearing. 271 00:12:03,125 --> 00:12:05,207 There has to be a way to get this done 272 00:12:05,208 --> 00:12:06,374 without destroying the place. 273 00:12:06,375 --> 00:12:08,374 Model it up for me. 274 00:12:08,375 --> 00:12:11,417 All scenarios. 275 00:12:17,458 --> 00:12:22,290 Son, I did something today 276 00:12:22,291 --> 00:12:24,666 that is gonna absolutely floor you. 277 00:12:24,667 --> 00:12:25,500 I thought you went golfing today. 278 00:12:25,501 --> 00:12:29,332 I did. Played my 18, 279 00:12:29,333 --> 00:12:31,249 and then I withdrew my membership 280 00:12:31,250 --> 00:12:33,124 from the Garden City Golf Club. 281 00:12:33,125 --> 00:12:36,082 Oh, that's your natural habitat. 282 00:12:36,083 --> 00:12:39,416 Few places a man can be as comfortable. 283 00:12:39,417 --> 00:12:42,207 But it was time. 284 00:12:42,208 --> 00:12:44,082 They don't allow women. 285 00:12:44,083 --> 00:12:46,290 And I cannot be a member of a restricted club anymore. 286 00:12:46,291 --> 00:12:48,332 Noble. 287 00:12:48,333 --> 00:12:51,082 Anticipatory. Of the future. 288 00:12:51,083 --> 00:12:52,041 That's baked right into the word. 289 00:12:52,042 --> 00:12:56,040 Your future, which should start right now. 290 00:12:56,041 --> 00:12:57,916 It's unethical for me to run while... 291 00:12:57,917 --> 00:13:01,332 The Tappan Institute commissioned a poll. 292 00:13:01,333 --> 00:13:04,416 Oh, your buddy Tate Tappan's think tank just happened... 293 00:13:04,417 --> 00:13:06,624 Independent. 294 00:13:06,625 --> 00:13:09,082 No connection to me. 295 00:13:09,083 --> 00:13:09,959 The results are quite... 296 00:13:09,960 --> 00:13:13,125 I don't want to hear anything about it. 297 00:13:17,959 --> 00:13:20,207 No, I've just gotten out from under a cloud. 298 00:13:20,208 --> 00:13:23,791 If word leaks out about a poll while I'm in office, 299 00:13:23,792 --> 00:13:26,457 that is gonna be a darker cloud. 300 00:13:26,458 --> 00:13:28,667 What is this, then? 301 00:13:30,708 --> 00:13:32,958 That's Camelot right there. 302 00:13:32,959 --> 00:13:34,624 Don't try to spin it. 303 00:13:34,625 --> 00:13:38,875 That is a picture of a man running for office. 304 00:13:41,667 --> 00:13:45,124 You're doing more than just dreaming about it. 305 00:13:45,125 --> 00:13:46,791 I'll send you those poll results. 306 00:13:46,792 --> 00:13:49,000 I think they're gonna be encouraging. 307 00:13:50,792 --> 00:13:55,582 But you're gonna have to resolve things with Wendy. 308 00:13:55,583 --> 00:13:58,999 You cannot be an effective candidate 309 00:13:59,000 --> 00:14:00,360 if your marriage is in the crapper. 310 00:14:00,384 --> 00:14:03,124 That's not really a thing anymore, Dad. 311 00:14:03,125 --> 00:14:05,874 That I'd need a woman standing behind me on the podium, 312 00:14:05,875 --> 00:14:07,999 that's archaic. 313 00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:10,332 Son, you do know why you need her 314 00:14:10,333 --> 00:14:12,083 in your life, don't you? 315 00:14:14,000 --> 00:14:18,916 She is a natural-born killer. 316 00:14:18,917 --> 00:14:22,583 That's what she builds, all day... killers. 317 00:14:23,667 --> 00:14:25,833 You're a good candidate. 318 00:14:25,834 --> 00:14:29,500 She'd make you unstoppable. 319 00:14:32,458 --> 00:14:35,332 Don't get your hopes up. 320 00:14:35,333 --> 00:14:38,165 Oh, you still got your shucking skills. 321 00:14:38,166 --> 00:14:40,290 Summer job on City Island when I was 14. 322 00:14:40,291 --> 00:14:43,582 For the record, I am not eating any of those. 323 00:14:43,583 --> 00:14:47,542 ♪ Dramatic music ♪ 324 00:15:04,542 --> 00:15:05,666 Any answers? 325 00:15:05,667 --> 00:15:06,958 Getting there. 326 00:15:06,959 --> 00:15:10,374 Marc was absolutely not conning you. 327 00:15:10,375 --> 00:15:12,124 No wires or transfers. 328 00:15:12,125 --> 00:15:14,082 No evidence of inbound cash 329 00:15:14,083 --> 00:15:16,290 or altered behavior whatsoever 330 00:15:16,291 --> 00:15:18,165 in him, the wife, or other family. 331 00:15:18,166 --> 00:15:19,958 So he was conned right along with me. 332 00:15:19,959 --> 00:15:22,499 The Gaming Facility Location Board 333 00:15:22,500 --> 00:15:25,290 reassigned the license to Kingsford at the last minute. 334 00:15:25,291 --> 00:15:26,582 I confirmed that. 335 00:15:26,583 --> 00:15:29,290 A guy named Joe Scolari made the call to switch. 336 00:15:29,291 --> 00:15:30,582 No one motivated him? 337 00:15:30,583 --> 00:15:32,374 It's hard to pinpoint where the idea 338 00:15:32,375 --> 00:15:33,208 to change even originated, 339 00:15:33,209 --> 00:15:35,791 or who he's trying to keep happy. 340 00:15:35,792 --> 00:15:36,916 But I do know that these things don't move 341 00:15:36,917 --> 00:15:38,749 unless somebody orders it to happen. 342 00:15:38,750 --> 00:15:41,165 Okay. Stay on it. 343 00:15:41,166 --> 00:15:43,486 I'm gonna get with Scolari, see if I can get a read on him. 344 00:15:50,667 --> 00:15:53,582 Thank you for agreeing to meet, Senator Scolari. 345 00:15:53,583 --> 00:15:55,833 Oh, call me Joe. 346 00:15:55,834 --> 00:15:58,791 What brings you up the Thruway? 347 00:15:58,792 --> 00:16:00,541 You looking for approval for another, 348 00:16:00,542 --> 00:16:03,208 uh, outdoor shower at your place in the Hamptons? 349 00:16:04,458 --> 00:16:07,249 Well, if you've gone to so much trouble to research me, 350 00:16:07,250 --> 00:16:08,416 you must know why. 351 00:16:08,417 --> 00:16:10,499 I'm here as an investor in New York State 352 00:16:10,500 --> 00:16:12,624 meeting with one its finest representatives. 353 00:16:12,625 --> 00:16:14,499 Of course. 354 00:16:14,500 --> 00:16:17,874 I know about the note exchange on Sandicot. 355 00:16:17,875 --> 00:16:20,165 And I want you to know the Location Board 356 00:16:20,166 --> 00:16:23,750 doesn't take matters of gaming licenses lightly. 357 00:16:24,583 --> 00:16:27,124 The committee chose the location 358 00:16:27,125 --> 00:16:28,958 that would bring the greatest benefit 359 00:16:28,959 --> 00:16:31,124 to the greatest number of people. 360 00:16:31,125 --> 00:16:33,082 That turned out to be Kingsford. 361 00:16:33,083 --> 00:16:35,416 Oh, I believe that the state-appointed board, 362 00:16:35,417 --> 00:16:36,749 handpicked by the Governor, 363 00:16:36,750 --> 00:16:38,999 would be nothing short of rigorous. 364 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:41,999 Thing is, I have it on good authority 365 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:43,958 that Sandicot was gonna get that license. 366 00:16:43,959 --> 00:16:48,499 So the late switch seems... odd. 367 00:16:48,500 --> 00:16:52,332 Our process always seems odd to outsiders. 368 00:16:52,333 --> 00:16:55,666 That's where the whole sausage-making thing comes from. 369 00:16:55,667 --> 00:16:57,416 But let me reassure you, 370 00:16:57,417 --> 00:17:00,624 there was nothing out of the ordinary about it. 371 00:17:00,625 --> 00:17:02,040 The committee chose the location 372 00:17:02,041 --> 00:17:04,791 that would bring the greatest benefit 373 00:17:04,792 --> 00:17:06,290 to the greatest number of people. 374 00:17:06,291 --> 00:17:07,833 That turned out to be Kingsford. 375 00:17:07,834 --> 00:17:09,749 Yeah, no, you said. 376 00:17:09,750 --> 00:17:11,916 What I was looking for is a specific reason 377 00:17:11,917 --> 00:17:14,416 that decision was made. 378 00:17:14,417 --> 00:17:16,416 Oh. 379 00:17:16,417 --> 00:17:18,707 You want specifics. 380 00:17:18,708 --> 00:17:22,707 Details into our process. 381 00:17:22,708 --> 00:17:23,874 Inner workings and so forth. 382 00:17:23,875 --> 00:17:26,374 That would be helpful. 383 00:17:26,375 --> 00:17:26,875 Sure. 384 00:17:26,876 --> 00:17:29,165 I can share that. 385 00:17:29,166 --> 00:17:32,165 The committee chose the location 386 00:17:32,166 --> 00:17:33,606 that would bring the greatest benefit 387 00:17:33,630 --> 00:17:36,457 to the greatest number of people. 388 00:17:36,458 --> 00:17:39,374 That turned out to be Kingsford. 389 00:17:39,375 --> 00:17:44,374 Just as I'm sure you took on the obligations of Sandicot 390 00:17:44,375 --> 00:17:46,583 for the good of those fine people. 391 00:17:55,834 --> 00:17:59,207 I hope this has been as much fun for you as it has for me. 392 00:17:59,208 --> 00:18:01,250 Absolutely. 393 00:18:03,875 --> 00:18:08,750 ♪ Dramatic music ♪ 394 00:18:14,792 --> 00:18:16,791 He doesn't make any of his own decisions. 395 00:18:16,792 --> 00:18:19,082 He's got a string hanging right out of his back. 396 00:18:19,083 --> 00:18:21,040 And it's the Governor who's pulling it. 397 00:18:21,041 --> 00:18:23,290 I'll see what I can find out. 398 00:18:23,291 --> 00:18:25,750 I didn't sleep last night. 399 00:18:26,835 --> 00:18:28,035 Your numbers have been strong, 400 00:18:28,059 --> 00:18:30,833 even in a tough market. 401 00:18:30,834 --> 00:18:34,040 Yeah, they have been. 402 00:18:34,041 --> 00:18:36,249 So what was it kept you up? 403 00:18:36,250 --> 00:18:37,583 Russian hackers. 404 00:18:39,166 --> 00:18:41,749 They can fuck with us so easily, 405 00:18:41,750 --> 00:18:44,207 in ways we can't even comprehend. 406 00:18:44,208 --> 00:18:45,568 A few keystrokes and they can bring 407 00:18:45,592 --> 00:18:48,124 an entire airline to a standstill. 408 00:18:48,125 --> 00:18:50,332 Thousands of people stranded. 409 00:18:50,333 --> 00:18:52,290 So your fear is, uh, what? 410 00:18:52,291 --> 00:18:55,833 These hackers targeting you? The entire market? 411 00:18:55,834 --> 00:18:56,792 My portfolio could go up in flames. 412 00:18:56,793 --> 00:18:58,291 I have a family. 413 00:19:00,333 --> 00:19:03,207 When did you start losing sleep over it? 414 00:19:03,208 --> 00:19:05,541 Just last night. 415 00:19:05,542 --> 00:19:06,333 Anything happen yesterday? 416 00:19:06,334 --> 00:19:08,833 I had to go out to Axe's house 417 00:19:08,834 --> 00:19:11,624 in the Hamptons for a special meeting. 418 00:19:11,625 --> 00:19:14,457 Axe bought the distressed debt on this town upstate. 419 00:19:14,458 --> 00:19:16,418 Now they're defaulting. It's a shit load of money. 420 00:19:16,442 --> 00:19:18,817 What do you think you should do? 421 00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:22,124 Well, what are the options? 422 00:19:22,125 --> 00:19:25,250 Austerity. Or lose money. 423 00:19:35,542 --> 00:19:37,416 Do you see the connection? 424 00:19:37,417 --> 00:19:39,041 With the hackers? 425 00:19:41,166 --> 00:19:42,833 You're saying we're like them? 426 00:19:42,834 --> 00:19:44,082 They're agents of chaos 427 00:19:44,083 --> 00:19:45,916 who can destabilize all our lives 428 00:19:45,917 --> 00:19:47,749 just because they feel like it. 429 00:19:47,750 --> 00:19:49,707 Who are you to those people upstate? 430 00:19:49,708 --> 00:19:50,708 - Chaos. - Yes. 431 00:19:52,291 --> 00:19:54,749 Axe Cap is the agent of chaos. 432 00:19:54,750 --> 00:19:58,374 You know what austerity means. 433 00:19:58,375 --> 00:20:01,499 You guys traverse moral and legal gray areas 434 00:20:01,500 --> 00:20:03,499 all the time, but you can live with it 435 00:20:03,500 --> 00:20:06,332 because you're rarely aware of anyone getting hurt by it. 436 00:20:06,333 --> 00:20:10,040 With this town, you know exactly who's getting hurt, 437 00:20:10,041 --> 00:20:11,916 and where they're gonna feel their pain. 438 00:20:11,917 --> 00:20:14,416 And how their lives are gonna spin out of control 439 00:20:14,417 --> 00:20:16,624 because of decisions made in your presence, 440 00:20:16,625 --> 00:20:19,833 at a fucking mansion in the Hamptons. 441 00:20:19,834 --> 00:20:21,434 I don't even know that it's wrong for him 442 00:20:21,458 --> 00:20:24,833 to do what he's doing... 443 00:20:24,834 --> 00:20:27,707 only that I don't like how it makes me feel. 444 00:20:27,708 --> 00:20:30,208 This is all connected. 445 00:20:32,834 --> 00:20:35,958 When a situation starts affecting you 446 00:20:35,959 --> 00:20:38,749 so much you can't sleep, 447 00:20:38,750 --> 00:20:41,040 you have to take action. 448 00:20:41,041 --> 00:20:42,541 Fighting for those people 449 00:20:42,542 --> 00:20:46,500 and fighting for yourself are one and the same. 450 00:20:53,542 --> 00:20:57,707 I taught elementary school for 30 years, 451 00:20:57,708 --> 00:21:00,208 always contributing to my pension. 452 00:21:03,834 --> 00:21:07,332 That was my nest egg for retirement. 453 00:21:07,333 --> 00:21:10,749 Then that nest egg got invested. 454 00:21:10,750 --> 00:21:15,749 But the town it was invested in mismanaged its finances. 455 00:21:15,750 --> 00:21:19,666 And now they don't want to pay what they owe, 456 00:21:19,667 --> 00:21:22,041 and my retirement is threatened. 457 00:21:25,625 --> 00:21:28,416 A spot like this will kick off our Astroturf campaign 458 00:21:28,417 --> 00:21:30,749 to make it look like the area's getting a bailout 459 00:21:30,750 --> 00:21:31,417 and not a death sentence. 460 00:21:31,418 --> 00:21:33,457 Commercials like this one, 461 00:21:33,458 --> 00:21:34,999 but specific to Sandicot, 462 00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:37,040 sell the idea that our investors, 463 00:21:37,041 --> 00:21:38,624 teachers from the Midwest, 464 00:21:38,625 --> 00:21:41,416 hardworking, responsible people from all over, 465 00:21:41,417 --> 00:21:42,375 they are the ones who suffer 466 00:21:42,376 --> 00:21:44,958 if Sandicot is allowed to default. 467 00:21:44,959 --> 00:21:47,749 Make it clear that we are the ones willing to negotiate. 468 00:21:47,750 --> 00:21:49,457 It's the town that's being difficult. 469 00:21:49,458 --> 00:21:51,874 Of course. Sandicot is being uncooperative. 470 00:21:51,875 --> 00:21:52,875 We'll say all that. 471 00:21:52,876 --> 00:21:54,834 Any questions? 472 00:21:57,291 --> 00:21:59,082 Danzig. 473 00:21:59,083 --> 00:22:00,207 You're being awfully quiet. 474 00:22:00,208 --> 00:22:04,582 Are we really gonna do this? 475 00:22:04,583 --> 00:22:07,457 I mean, we can make some market moves 476 00:22:07,458 --> 00:22:11,457 and potentially pick up some of the losses by next quarter. 477 00:22:11,458 --> 00:22:13,338 We're making it look like our investors are down 478 00:22:13,362 --> 00:22:15,416 to eating cat food. 479 00:22:15,417 --> 00:22:18,165 The people up there are sure to turn to the media 480 00:22:18,166 --> 00:22:21,791 and to cry poor, to play the victim card. 481 00:22:21,792 --> 00:22:23,457 It makes sense for us to point out 482 00:22:23,458 --> 00:22:25,707 that there are other victims. 483 00:22:25,708 --> 00:22:26,833 Exactly. 484 00:22:26,834 --> 00:22:30,040 But we are not really the victims. 485 00:22:30,041 --> 00:22:31,041 They are. 486 00:22:33,041 --> 00:22:35,000 I kind of feel like he's right. 487 00:22:36,667 --> 00:22:40,332 We could hold the debt, take a short-term loss, 488 00:22:40,333 --> 00:22:43,666 but then take the lead in re-growing Sandicot, 489 00:22:43,667 --> 00:22:45,833 redeveloping the downtown. 490 00:22:45,834 --> 00:22:47,249 Uh, create a food hall 491 00:22:47,250 --> 00:22:51,375 or bring in a minor-league team. 492 00:22:52,959 --> 00:22:55,458 Taylor, something you want to add to that? 493 00:22:58,542 --> 00:22:59,750 Yes. 494 00:23:01,917 --> 00:23:03,597 It is unfortunate... Offensive, actually... 495 00:23:03,621 --> 00:23:05,749 To even be talking about this, 496 00:23:05,750 --> 00:23:08,041 and that people have to live in near-poverty. 497 00:23:11,458 --> 00:23:14,541 But in many ways, a town is like a business. 498 00:23:14,542 --> 00:23:17,874 And when a business operates beyond its means, 499 00:23:17,875 --> 00:23:18,792 when numbers don't add up, 500 00:23:18,793 --> 00:23:21,082 and the people in charge continue on, 501 00:23:21,083 --> 00:23:23,043 heedless of that face, sure that some sugar daddy, 502 00:23:23,067 --> 00:23:25,707 usually in the form of the Federal Government, 503 00:23:25,708 --> 00:23:28,707 will come along and scoop them up and cover the shortfalls, 504 00:23:28,708 --> 00:23:31,625 well, that truly offends me. 505 00:23:34,542 --> 00:23:37,541 People might say you hurt this town. 506 00:23:37,542 --> 00:23:41,582 But in my opinion, the town put the hurt on itself. 507 00:23:41,583 --> 00:23:43,124 Corrections are in order. 508 00:23:43,125 --> 00:23:44,582 There's a way to make this work, 509 00:23:44,583 --> 00:23:46,749 and that way is hard, but necessary. 510 00:23:46,750 --> 00:23:50,833 As Taleb says, "Become antifragile, or die." 511 00:23:50,834 --> 00:23:54,082 Once we do this, the town will face that challenge 512 00:23:54,083 --> 00:23:56,249 and come out stronger. 513 00:23:56,250 --> 00:23:58,082 Or it will cease being. 514 00:23:58,083 --> 00:23:59,363 Either result absolutely natural, 515 00:23:59,387 --> 00:24:01,332 as in, of nature itself. 516 00:24:01,333 --> 00:24:05,083 ♪ Suspensful music ♪ 517 00:24:32,291 --> 00:24:35,958 You've been stepping things up lately. 518 00:24:35,959 --> 00:24:39,791 Extra-nice ties, new suits. 519 00:24:39,792 --> 00:24:42,457 You been speed-dating with law firms? 520 00:24:42,458 --> 00:24:44,332 I might've tried a lightning round. 521 00:24:44,333 --> 00:24:46,333 Mm. And? 522 00:24:47,458 --> 00:24:49,624 She's not as hot as her profile pic. 523 00:24:49,625 --> 00:24:50,542 Yeah? 524 00:24:50,543 --> 00:24:52,457 No. Line AUSA's like us, 525 00:24:52,458 --> 00:24:54,457 you're only looking at 600K to start. 526 00:24:54,458 --> 00:24:56,207 If you get Chief of Crim and go private, 527 00:24:56,208 --> 00:24:59,582 it's a lot more than 600. 528 00:24:59,583 --> 00:25:01,083 It's double. 529 00:25:03,875 --> 00:25:07,707 I just don't think I can stick around if Connerty gets it. 530 00:25:07,708 --> 00:25:10,833 I'm not gonna have the stomach for that shit. 531 00:25:10,834 --> 00:25:12,374 Maybe he won't get it. 532 00:25:12,375 --> 00:25:14,582 After Boyd? 533 00:25:14,583 --> 00:25:17,417 Don't count yourself out. You've been crushing it lately. 534 00:25:21,500 --> 00:25:24,332 Chuck took him to Keens for lunch. 535 00:25:24,333 --> 00:25:25,374 Oh, shit. 536 00:25:25,375 --> 00:25:27,332 Yeah. 537 00:25:27,333 --> 00:25:29,417 Shit. 538 00:25:38,834 --> 00:25:41,207 The mutton chop is the thing to order here. 539 00:25:41,208 --> 00:25:42,833 It's what they're known for. 540 00:25:42,834 --> 00:25:45,374 Mutton? I don't know. 541 00:25:45,375 --> 00:25:48,249 Come on, it's tradition. 542 00:25:48,250 --> 00:25:50,250 Oh, this place has a special character, doesn't it? 543 00:25:50,274 --> 00:25:54,374 You can almost feel all the history in this room, 544 00:25:54,375 --> 00:25:55,833 all the deals that've been made. 545 00:25:55,834 --> 00:25:59,541 It's where Senator Vandeveer brought me when she told me 546 00:25:59,542 --> 00:26:02,499 I was being appointed U.S. Attorney. 547 00:26:02,500 --> 00:26:05,082 And it's where I always thought I would take you 548 00:26:05,083 --> 00:26:07,542 when you'd earned the promotion to Head of Crim. 549 00:26:09,875 --> 00:26:12,416 Mutton's an interesting euphemism, isn't it? 550 00:26:12,417 --> 00:26:15,791 Well, nobody ever says "sheep." 551 00:26:15,792 --> 00:26:18,457 But who wants to eat something so adorable, right? 552 00:26:18,458 --> 00:26:21,333 So it's a mutton chop. 553 00:26:22,542 --> 00:26:24,667 Definitely less objectionable. 554 00:26:26,875 --> 00:26:30,125 The kangaroo industry recently tried that. 555 00:26:31,834 --> 00:26:33,249 - Did they? - Yes. 556 00:26:33,250 --> 00:26:35,290 In fact, there was a country-wide survey 557 00:26:35,291 --> 00:26:36,916 to pick a name, 558 00:26:36,917 --> 00:26:39,165 and they settled on "Australus." 559 00:26:39,166 --> 00:26:41,040 But not for the same reason as a sheep. 560 00:26:41,041 --> 00:26:44,958 No, this was entirely different. 561 00:26:44,959 --> 00:26:48,583 Seems the kangaroo has a great deal in common with the rat. 562 00:26:50,333 --> 00:26:52,707 Hence, "Australus." 563 00:26:52,708 --> 00:26:56,040 I mean, it's elegant, don't you think? 564 00:26:56,041 --> 00:26:58,457 And yet, even by any other name, 565 00:26:58,458 --> 00:27:01,749 there's still a slab of giant rat 566 00:27:01,750 --> 00:27:06,707 sitting on the plate right in front of you. 567 00:27:06,708 --> 00:27:08,374 Can I get you started? 568 00:27:08,375 --> 00:27:11,165 Ah, here we go. He'll have the mutton. 569 00:27:11,166 --> 00:27:12,166 I'm not ready yet. 570 00:27:16,291 --> 00:27:20,666 Bryan... 571 00:27:20,667 --> 00:27:21,947 do you have something to tell me? 572 00:27:24,211 --> 00:27:25,291 I'm not sure what you mean. 573 00:27:25,292 --> 00:27:26,917 I think you know. 574 00:27:32,083 --> 00:27:34,624 Are we talking about the investigation? 575 00:27:34,625 --> 00:27:36,707 Yes. 576 00:27:36,708 --> 00:27:38,707 Yes. 577 00:27:38,708 --> 00:27:40,250 We are. 578 00:27:41,125 --> 00:27:44,457 This is it. 579 00:27:44,458 --> 00:27:47,124 Your chance. 580 00:27:47,125 --> 00:27:49,833 This is the conversation that you knew, deep down, 581 00:27:49,834 --> 00:27:52,249 you would have to have if you had any desire 582 00:27:52,250 --> 00:27:55,999 to continue to have any relationship with me. 583 00:27:56,000 --> 00:27:57,499 This is the conversation 584 00:27:57,500 --> 00:28:00,165 that you have been dreading all these many months. 585 00:28:00,166 --> 00:28:02,833 The one about betrayal, disillusionment, 586 00:28:02,834 --> 00:28:05,916 second chances, and lost opportunities. 587 00:28:05,917 --> 00:28:07,666 This is the one where you tell me 588 00:28:07,667 --> 00:28:09,457 how and why you brought 589 00:28:09,458 --> 00:28:11,749 the investigation down upon my head. 590 00:28:11,750 --> 00:28:14,165 All right, Chuck. 591 00:28:14,166 --> 00:28:17,708 You got it right with all that grandiose indignance. 592 00:28:19,208 --> 00:28:21,999 I am the one who called the OPR. 593 00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:25,541 ♪ Dramatic music ♪ 594 00:28:25,542 --> 00:28:27,375 I didn't hear a no. 595 00:28:41,834 --> 00:28:43,541 Fuck. 596 00:28:43,542 --> 00:28:44,791 Fuck! 597 00:28:44,792 --> 00:28:46,291 Bryan. 598 00:28:51,542 --> 00:28:52,959 One more thing. 599 00:28:56,041 --> 00:28:57,833 Is Axe Cap bugged? 600 00:28:57,834 --> 00:28:59,582 Not officially. 601 00:28:59,583 --> 00:29:00,999 But right now, 602 00:29:01,000 --> 00:29:03,749 I wouldn't be surprised if it were unofficially. 603 00:29:03,750 --> 00:29:06,207 Hey, look, I know you don't want to come work for me. 604 00:29:06,208 --> 00:29:07,374 I get it. 605 00:29:07,375 --> 00:29:09,207 You're an idealist. 606 00:29:09,208 --> 00:29:11,290 But the man that you work for now... 607 00:29:11,291 --> 00:29:13,791 He's not just dirty, he's worse than that. 608 00:29:13,792 --> 00:29:14,916 He's a hypocrite. 609 00:29:14,917 --> 00:29:19,624 And if you know that, and you still let it happen, 610 00:29:19,625 --> 00:29:21,792 then I think you know what that makes you. 611 00:29:33,417 --> 00:29:36,332 Well... 612 00:29:36,333 --> 00:29:38,249 now I know for certain 613 00:29:38,250 --> 00:29:40,010 who I have to thank for my day at the Senate. 614 00:29:44,000 --> 00:29:46,749 But unlike Julius Caesar, seems I managed to pull through. 615 00:29:46,750 --> 00:29:49,749 Oh, it's clear you're a survivor. 616 00:29:49,750 --> 00:29:51,875 And it's clear I can't make you Head of Crim. 617 00:29:53,750 --> 00:29:56,666 You let him get to you. 618 00:29:56,667 --> 00:29:58,499 Only because he spoke the truth. 619 00:29:58,500 --> 00:30:00,624 You were abusing the office. 620 00:30:00,625 --> 00:30:02,249 You lied about recusing yourself. 621 00:30:02,250 --> 00:30:05,749 You stole evidence from your wife's computer. 622 00:30:05,750 --> 00:30:07,290 I made some missteps. 623 00:30:07,291 --> 00:30:08,041 Mis... 624 00:30:08,042 --> 00:30:11,290 Okay. More than missteps. 625 00:30:11,291 --> 00:30:15,958 In my vigor, I transgressed... 626 00:30:15,959 --> 00:30:19,791 in ways I never imagined I would. 627 00:30:19,792 --> 00:30:21,207 But I have atoned for all of it. 628 00:30:21,208 --> 00:30:26,082 And I am still in the process, personally and professionally. 629 00:30:26,083 --> 00:30:27,958 I dropped the case. 630 00:30:27,959 --> 00:30:30,833 And now you're trying to punish me. 631 00:30:30,834 --> 00:30:32,917 I earned that position. 632 00:30:34,208 --> 00:30:36,999 But... 633 00:30:37,000 --> 00:30:39,583 Chief of Crim goes to Lonnie. 634 00:30:40,583 --> 00:30:43,749 For the foreseeable future, 635 00:30:43,750 --> 00:30:46,166 the chair will remain vacant. 636 00:30:53,500 --> 00:30:56,374 Going ahead, I am committed 637 00:30:56,375 --> 00:30:58,499 to complete transparency between us. 638 00:30:58,500 --> 00:31:01,582 No more silence or subterfuge. 639 00:31:01,583 --> 00:31:04,749 If one of us is angry, or disappointed, 640 00:31:04,750 --> 00:31:07,332 we express it. 641 00:31:07,333 --> 00:31:11,416 So, you can either quit right now... 642 00:31:11,417 --> 00:31:14,165 or you can stay. 643 00:31:14,166 --> 00:31:15,166 Prove your loyalty. 644 00:31:18,208 --> 00:31:21,082 And when you do, 645 00:31:21,083 --> 00:31:23,916 you will truly have earned that chair. 646 00:31:23,917 --> 00:31:25,500 Are you two planning to order? 647 00:31:27,708 --> 00:31:31,125 I'll have the mutton. What about you, Bryan? 648 00:31:35,542 --> 00:31:37,834 I'll have the same. 649 00:32:02,041 --> 00:32:05,499 Welcome sight, you in my office. 650 00:32:05,500 --> 00:32:07,499 I'm not sure my message will be all that welcome. 651 00:32:07,500 --> 00:32:09,791 Oh? 652 00:32:09,792 --> 00:32:12,374 I don't think it's in the best interest of this firm 653 00:32:12,375 --> 00:32:14,040 to foreclose on that town. 654 00:32:14,041 --> 00:32:15,624 It's not our doing. 655 00:32:15,625 --> 00:32:17,874 We would merely be collecting a debt owed to us. 656 00:32:17,875 --> 00:32:20,040 Still, it would hurt our reputation. 657 00:32:20,041 --> 00:32:21,207 Is that so? 658 00:32:21,208 --> 00:32:23,833 Or would it hurt you to watch other people suffer 659 00:32:23,834 --> 00:32:27,249 and feel like you were part of it? 660 00:32:27,250 --> 00:32:28,457 I would be... 661 00:32:28,458 --> 00:32:30,374 in a sense. 662 00:32:30,375 --> 00:32:33,125 Yes. 663 00:32:38,750 --> 00:32:41,207 Truth be told, 664 00:32:41,208 --> 00:32:42,791 I'm still glad you're in here 665 00:32:42,792 --> 00:32:46,500 because I have conflicting feelings about this, too. 666 00:32:47,500 --> 00:32:49,207 Ah. 667 00:32:49,208 --> 00:32:52,792 And I'd like to talk about it. 668 00:32:56,250 --> 00:32:57,250 No. 669 00:32:57,251 --> 00:33:01,082 I can't get sucked back into that. I won't. 670 00:33:01,083 --> 00:33:03,791 Because instead of really doing that exploration with me, 671 00:33:03,792 --> 00:33:06,958 I now know you'd just be using me to make yourself feel better 672 00:33:06,959 --> 00:33:09,332 about what you wanted to do in the first place. 673 00:33:09,333 --> 00:33:10,333 That's not true. 674 00:33:13,291 --> 00:33:15,374 What is true is that, 675 00:33:15,375 --> 00:33:17,290 far from harming our reputation, 676 00:33:17,291 --> 00:33:18,958 pressing our advantage at Sandicot 677 00:33:18,959 --> 00:33:20,999 would only burnish it to our investors. 678 00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:23,165 That is what is expected. 679 00:33:23,166 --> 00:33:25,499 Still, I haven't decided on a course of action 680 00:33:25,500 --> 00:33:30,124 because I do care about the potential toll 681 00:33:30,125 --> 00:33:31,165 on the people out there. 682 00:33:31,166 --> 00:33:34,374 And these are the feelings I want to discuss. 683 00:33:34,375 --> 00:33:35,375 No. 684 00:33:37,458 --> 00:33:40,374 Then I'm not the only one who might be putting my own needs 685 00:33:40,375 --> 00:33:42,165 above those of the good people of Sandicot. 686 00:33:42,166 --> 00:33:46,333 ♪ Suspensful music ♪ 687 00:34:34,375 --> 00:34:38,916 A colleague saw you and Chuck having lunch at Keens. 688 00:34:38,917 --> 00:34:40,916 I hope congratulations are in order. 689 00:34:40,917 --> 00:34:44,290 That night at the pizza place, 690 00:34:44,291 --> 00:34:48,040 you never told me Axe was gonna be there. 691 00:34:48,041 --> 00:34:50,666 He's my client. I did as he asked. 692 00:34:50,667 --> 00:34:53,582 No, you knew I would never meet with him privately. 693 00:34:53,583 --> 00:34:54,958 Because if anyone found out 694 00:34:54,959 --> 00:34:57,624 I was meeting with Axelrod in the middle of the night, 695 00:34:57,625 --> 00:34:58,916 it would seriously compromise me. 696 00:34:58,917 --> 00:35:00,249 And it has. So, no. 697 00:35:00,250 --> 00:35:04,082 No, congratulations are not in fucking order. 698 00:35:04,083 --> 00:35:06,249 I'm lucky I still have my job. 699 00:35:06,250 --> 00:35:08,624 If you still want it. 700 00:35:08,625 --> 00:35:12,833 My client legitimately saw in you what I see... 701 00:35:12,834 --> 00:35:15,416 Prodigious talent. 702 00:35:15,417 --> 00:35:17,577 He merely wanted to make sure you understood the choice 703 00:35:17,601 --> 00:35:21,958 you were making by continuing to work for Rhoades. 704 00:35:21,959 --> 00:35:25,208 The offer that was made that night still holds. 705 00:35:27,667 --> 00:35:30,290 You can come work for me. 706 00:35:30,291 --> 00:35:31,166 Or you can take your chances 707 00:35:31,167 --> 00:35:34,375 with a mentor you no longer trust. 708 00:35:38,792 --> 00:35:42,332 I have no mentors. Not anymore. 709 00:35:42,333 --> 00:35:44,165 You acted like my rabbi, 710 00:35:44,166 --> 00:35:45,846 proffering wisdom when you were working me, 711 00:35:45,870 --> 00:35:48,332 fucking with my head, 712 00:35:48,333 --> 00:35:49,916 undermining my sense of purpose. 713 00:35:49,917 --> 00:35:55,791 Your job is not your purpose. 714 00:35:55,792 --> 00:35:57,582 Chuck is not your savior. 715 00:35:57,583 --> 00:36:00,666 And if I'm not your friend, 716 00:36:00,667 --> 00:36:02,833 you have no friends. 717 00:36:02,834 --> 00:36:04,999 Fuck your client, 718 00:36:05,000 --> 00:36:06,583 and fuck you, too. 719 00:36:14,750 --> 00:36:16,000 Stop. 720 00:36:38,917 --> 00:36:42,708 Upside-down day, breakfast for dinner. 721 00:36:44,583 --> 00:36:45,707 No thanks. 722 00:36:45,708 --> 00:36:47,457 You always thought that your mother 723 00:36:47,458 --> 00:36:50,249 made those waffles from scratch. 724 00:36:50,250 --> 00:36:51,749 I was eating Eggos? 725 00:36:51,750 --> 00:36:53,999 Yeah, she heated them on the griddle. 726 00:36:54,000 --> 00:36:56,290 I used the toaster. 727 00:36:56,291 --> 00:36:59,874 Put some syrup on it, it's delicious. 728 00:36:59,875 --> 00:37:02,290 So... 729 00:37:02,291 --> 00:37:03,999 the poll results. 730 00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:06,582 What do you think? 731 00:37:06,583 --> 00:37:10,082 I think I'm ready to... 732 00:37:10,083 --> 00:37:11,416 explore. 733 00:37:11,417 --> 00:37:14,457 - That's my boy. - It's just preliminary. 734 00:37:14,458 --> 00:37:16,624 I'm not committing to anything. 735 00:37:16,625 --> 00:37:19,249 - I hear you. - 'Cause the thing is, 736 00:37:19,250 --> 00:37:21,874 I'm really not sure that I finished my mission. 737 00:37:21,875 --> 00:37:24,833 Well, who ever does, kid? 738 00:37:24,834 --> 00:37:28,040 You can weigh all that from your goddamn nursing home. 739 00:37:28,041 --> 00:37:31,040 The poll... 740 00:37:31,041 --> 00:37:33,542 What did you learn? 741 00:37:37,959 --> 00:37:40,582 Well, uh... 742 00:37:40,583 --> 00:37:43,249 it's pretty clear what my vulnerabilities are. 743 00:37:43,250 --> 00:37:45,374 My upstate numbers are weak. 744 00:37:45,375 --> 00:37:47,999 They are, but we can buff and polish you up there. 745 00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:50,792 I am not worried about that. 746 00:37:53,125 --> 00:37:55,749 How do I go about this? 747 00:37:55,750 --> 00:37:57,124 What do I do first? 748 00:37:57,125 --> 00:37:59,582 First thing we do is we get you anointed. 749 00:37:59,583 --> 00:38:02,916 Ah. The whispered names. 750 00:38:02,917 --> 00:38:04,666 You have to really know them now. 751 00:38:04,667 --> 00:38:07,666 One at least... Black Jack Foley. 752 00:38:07,667 --> 00:38:09,267 I haven't heard that one in quite awhile. 753 00:38:09,291 --> 00:38:11,499 By design. 754 00:38:11,500 --> 00:38:13,207 You need some personal time with him 755 00:38:13,208 --> 00:38:14,125 so that he can take your measure, 756 00:38:14,126 --> 00:38:17,750 and so he'll bless you. 757 00:38:18,794 --> 00:38:19,954 Things still run through him? 758 00:38:19,978 --> 00:38:22,749 Indeed. 759 00:38:22,750 --> 00:38:24,416 Now... 760 00:38:24,417 --> 00:38:30,208 I want you to get his granddaughter a clerkship. 761 00:38:31,125 --> 00:38:34,583 Then we wait for the call. 762 00:39:07,166 --> 00:39:09,417 Hi. 763 00:39:29,000 --> 00:39:31,040 Hmmm. 764 00:39:31,041 --> 00:39:34,583 Hmmm. Morning. 765 00:39:36,083 --> 00:39:39,082 How'd you sleep? 766 00:39:39,083 --> 00:39:41,041 Good. 767 00:39:47,834 --> 00:39:51,250 You know, uh, my life moves fast. 768 00:39:52,708 --> 00:39:56,207 And I tend to avoid the kind of connections 769 00:39:56,208 --> 00:39:59,707 that lead to dependence or can slow me down. 770 00:39:59,708 --> 00:40:01,124 I know. 771 00:40:01,125 --> 00:40:05,666 Weightlessness is a priority for you. 772 00:40:05,667 --> 00:40:07,499 It's one of the reasons I called. 773 00:40:07,500 --> 00:40:11,916 Doesn't this seem like a whole different thing? 774 00:40:11,917 --> 00:40:13,082 This? 775 00:40:13,083 --> 00:40:15,290 Us. 776 00:40:15,291 --> 00:40:17,249 Look, I'm a restless person. 777 00:40:17,250 --> 00:40:19,040 I'm never happy unless I'm in motion 778 00:40:19,041 --> 00:40:21,833 or running seven projects simultaneously. 779 00:40:21,834 --> 00:40:23,625 But last night I was here. 780 00:40:25,667 --> 00:40:26,707 Even right now. 781 00:40:26,708 --> 00:40:31,207 I haven't stayed in bed past 5 a.m. since 2001. 782 00:40:31,208 --> 00:40:35,542 Yet right now I feel still, and I like it. 783 00:40:37,041 --> 00:40:40,959 And... since I'm here... 784 00:40:43,000 --> 00:40:44,458 Hold up. 785 00:40:45,917 --> 00:40:50,124 I'm glad you found another dimension 786 00:40:50,125 --> 00:40:52,374 you can exist in. 787 00:40:52,375 --> 00:40:55,290 But at the moment, 788 00:40:55,291 --> 00:40:57,875 the present is all I can really handle. 789 00:41:00,792 --> 00:41:04,000 And the light of day is a little bright for me right now. 790 00:41:05,708 --> 00:41:06,708 Okay. 791 00:41:06,709 --> 00:41:08,457 I got an early meeting. 792 00:41:08,458 --> 00:41:10,040 Mind if I take the first shower? 793 00:41:10,041 --> 00:41:11,583 All yours. 794 00:41:20,125 --> 00:41:22,165 Kids ready for camp? 795 00:41:22,166 --> 00:41:24,082 They're brushing their teeth. 796 00:41:24,083 --> 00:41:27,624 Did I just see, uh, the sitter getting into a taxi? 797 00:41:27,625 --> 00:41:31,250 Why would she be here in the morning? 798 00:41:35,208 --> 00:41:38,624 You know, I had a craving 799 00:41:38,625 --> 00:41:41,916 for a boudin noir last night, 800 00:41:41,917 --> 00:41:43,582 so I went to Bistro Grisby. 801 00:41:43,583 --> 00:41:46,165 We used to go there all the time. 802 00:41:46,166 --> 00:41:48,999 Yeah, when we were first married. 803 00:41:49,000 --> 00:41:51,458 Not in a long time. 804 00:41:53,375 --> 00:41:54,582 Now it's gone. 805 00:41:54,583 --> 00:41:56,457 Gone? 806 00:41:56,458 --> 00:42:00,207 It's, uh, a nail salon now. 807 00:42:00,208 --> 00:42:02,499 They closed four years ago. 808 00:42:02,500 --> 00:42:03,791 Sad. 809 00:42:03,792 --> 00:42:05,041 Mm. 810 00:42:10,500 --> 00:42:12,249 Look... 811 00:42:12,250 --> 00:42:15,999 I know that I reacted poorly 812 00:42:16,000 --> 00:42:19,999 when I learned that you were going back to Axe Capital. 813 00:42:20,000 --> 00:42:23,791 I'm sorry. 814 00:42:23,792 --> 00:42:26,166 I was being selfish. 815 00:42:29,542 --> 00:42:30,624 If you are happy there, 816 00:42:30,625 --> 00:42:36,291 then... that's where you should be. 817 00:42:40,041 --> 00:42:42,583 I want you to be happy. 818 00:42:52,000 --> 00:42:54,041 That's lovely, Chuck. 819 00:42:55,291 --> 00:42:56,959 It really is. 820 00:42:59,875 --> 00:43:02,500 I'll go get the kids. 821 00:43:13,125 --> 00:43:15,833 Boss... 822 00:43:15,834 --> 00:43:18,499 I received a concerning bit of news. 823 00:43:18,500 --> 00:43:20,000 Mick Danzig just quit. 824 00:43:21,375 --> 00:43:23,040 Is that so? 825 00:43:23,041 --> 00:43:24,521 I just never thought I'd have an issue 826 00:43:24,545 --> 00:43:26,999 dating someone in the office. 827 00:43:27,000 --> 00:43:29,833 And I really didn't. 828 00:43:29,834 --> 00:43:31,082 I don't know... 829 00:43:31,083 --> 00:43:34,874 it's just distracting with Everett here. 830 00:43:34,875 --> 00:43:37,291 I see the way she looks at him, and... 831 00:43:39,625 --> 00:43:41,916 We are in the middle of a session. 832 00:43:41,917 --> 00:43:43,207 Mafee, out. 833 00:43:43,208 --> 00:43:46,541 Yeah, we were just shooting the breeze, catching up. 834 00:43:46,542 --> 00:43:48,958 That was completely inappropriate. 835 00:43:48,959 --> 00:43:50,559 How can I possibly do my job if your guys 836 00:43:50,583 --> 00:43:53,958 think you might come barging through the door at any moment? 837 00:43:53,959 --> 00:43:55,958 It takes me long enough to convince them 838 00:43:55,959 --> 00:43:57,624 you don't have my office bugged. 839 00:43:57,625 --> 00:44:00,207 Once you realized you couldn't influence my thinking, 840 00:44:00,208 --> 00:44:02,124 you decided to influence someone else's? 841 00:44:02,125 --> 00:44:03,845 - That's my job. - For the good of the firm, 842 00:44:03,869 --> 00:44:04,791 which I do not define 843 00:44:04,792 --> 00:44:06,707 as making one of my best earners quit. 844 00:44:06,708 --> 00:44:09,624 I didn't make anyone do anything. 845 00:44:09,625 --> 00:44:11,749 I know you had a session with Mick Danzig. 846 00:44:11,750 --> 00:44:12,999 What did you say to him? 847 00:44:13,000 --> 00:44:14,249 I can't discuss that. 848 00:44:14,250 --> 00:44:16,958 You contract here is very clear. 849 00:44:16,959 --> 00:44:18,559 You are here to help my employees perform 850 00:44:18,583 --> 00:44:20,749 at their peak level. 851 00:44:20,750 --> 00:44:23,416 In any manner I see fit. You don't like it, fire me. 852 00:44:23,417 --> 00:44:25,207 Pay me out. I agreed to come back. 853 00:44:25,208 --> 00:44:27,499 I am back doing exactly what I am paid to do. 854 00:44:27,500 --> 00:44:29,457 You made the deal, Bobby. 855 00:44:29,458 --> 00:44:31,250 You can get out of it any time. 856 00:44:44,083 --> 00:44:47,040 That was a neat trick you pulled with the A.G. 857 00:44:47,041 --> 00:44:49,874 I mean, I've never seen her flanked before. 858 00:44:49,875 --> 00:44:51,165 Impressive. 859 00:44:51,166 --> 00:44:54,624 All in the service of justice. 860 00:44:54,625 --> 00:44:56,833 Well, and the Southern District. 861 00:44:56,834 --> 00:44:57,750 Mm. 862 00:44:57,751 --> 00:44:59,833 Now you get to have your moment... 863 00:44:59,834 --> 00:45:02,624 as well you should. 864 00:45:02,625 --> 00:45:07,082 The question is, what will you do with it? 865 00:45:07,083 --> 00:45:09,374 Such ambitions are far from my focus. 866 00:45:09,375 --> 00:45:12,208 I see a run for office. 867 00:45:14,083 --> 00:45:17,165 Is it possible you'll go the other way? 868 00:45:17,166 --> 00:45:19,040 Cash out, go private? That's not you. 869 00:45:19,041 --> 00:45:23,374 No. Sadly, I'm like you. Public servant for life. 870 00:45:23,375 --> 00:45:27,666 Uh, and it's in that role that I'm here. 871 00:45:27,667 --> 00:45:28,958 I have come across 872 00:45:28,959 --> 00:45:32,165 a wonderful young law student, Emma Foley. 873 00:45:32,166 --> 00:45:34,958 She's at Cardoza. Smart. Studious. 874 00:45:34,959 --> 00:45:37,874 And a clerkship with you would, uh... 875 00:45:37,875 --> 00:45:40,374 Oh, slice that baby up. 876 00:45:40,375 --> 00:45:41,833 Thank you. 877 00:45:41,834 --> 00:45:46,082 Oh, I love the sound it makes when they carve it. 878 00:45:46,083 --> 00:45:47,207 There you go. 879 00:45:47,208 --> 00:45:49,166 Uh. All right. 880 00:45:50,166 --> 00:45:51,667 That crackle. 881 00:45:52,834 --> 00:45:55,666 Look, if this young lady is qualified, 882 00:45:55,667 --> 00:45:57,999 I'll consider her as I would any other candidate. 883 00:45:58,000 --> 00:45:59,916 I recognize the last name. 884 00:45:59,917 --> 00:46:02,707 So I have a feeling if she were really as super as you say, 885 00:46:02,708 --> 00:46:04,499 she'd already have a clerkship. 886 00:46:04,500 --> 00:46:06,582 Well, we're not talking about appointing her 887 00:46:06,583 --> 00:46:07,833 to the Supreme Court. 888 00:46:07,834 --> 00:46:10,624 This is how things are done, right? 889 00:46:10,625 --> 00:46:14,040 Not for me. Not anymore. 890 00:46:14,041 --> 00:46:15,361 I look at the way things get done. 891 00:46:15,385 --> 00:46:19,207 The view changes when you see things from the bench. 892 00:46:19,208 --> 00:46:20,416 Uh-huh. 893 00:46:20,417 --> 00:46:23,124 Favor-trading, deal-making, 894 00:46:23,125 --> 00:46:26,124 back channeling, patronage. 895 00:46:26,125 --> 00:46:28,666 I'll admit, I took advantage every now and then 896 00:46:28,667 --> 00:46:30,707 when I was in the trenches. 897 00:46:30,708 --> 00:46:33,416 But... I lost my taste for it. 898 00:46:33,417 --> 00:46:36,457 True objectivity. 899 00:46:36,458 --> 00:46:37,458 It's the ultimate luxury. 900 00:46:37,459 --> 00:46:39,124 It's corrosive, Chuck. 901 00:46:39,125 --> 00:46:42,499 I mean, I went to law school to help fix the system, 902 00:46:42,500 --> 00:46:43,833 not succumb to it. 903 00:46:43,834 --> 00:46:45,958 Sounds like you're feeling the holy spirit. 904 00:46:45,959 --> 00:46:49,666 For the first time since clerking for RBG. 905 00:46:49,667 --> 00:46:52,958 Which is why I'm careful with my own clerks. 906 00:46:52,959 --> 00:46:54,119 This is very personal for me. 907 00:46:54,143 --> 00:46:57,374 I mean, I'm finally in a position to do some good. 908 00:46:57,375 --> 00:46:58,833 Very inspiring. 909 00:46:58,834 --> 00:47:00,541 Just don't forget, 910 00:47:00,542 --> 00:47:02,499 it was the back channels and deal-making 911 00:47:02,500 --> 00:47:05,457 that put you in that position. 912 00:47:05,458 --> 00:47:08,542 Remind me again, and this is the last meal we share. 913 00:47:10,458 --> 00:47:12,040 Help yourself. 914 00:47:12,041 --> 00:47:13,542 Absolutely right. 915 00:47:15,417 --> 00:47:17,791 Thank you. 916 00:47:17,792 --> 00:47:21,165 I think you'll make an excellent candidate, Chuck. 917 00:47:21,166 --> 00:47:25,416 I actually think you're built for the political life. 918 00:47:25,417 --> 00:47:28,499 I mean, if I'm you, I'd go for it. 919 00:47:28,500 --> 00:47:31,041 Mm. 920 00:47:33,875 --> 00:47:36,374 It wasn't the Governor who called the shot. 921 00:47:36,375 --> 00:47:37,749 Sure, he controls Scolari. 922 00:47:37,750 --> 00:47:39,707 But this goes to who controls the Governor, 923 00:47:39,708 --> 00:47:41,165 and that's Jack Foley. 924 00:47:41,166 --> 00:47:43,874 I know who that is... Old steel and railroad money. 925 00:47:43,875 --> 00:47:45,833 One of the first Western businessmen 926 00:47:45,834 --> 00:47:47,114 into Russia after the wall fell. 927 00:47:47,138 --> 00:47:50,457 But more than that, an Albany machine man. 928 00:47:50,458 --> 00:47:52,499 His family goes all the way back to Tweed. 929 00:47:52,500 --> 00:47:53,250 Huh. 930 00:47:53,251 --> 00:47:54,916 Foley's war chest got three 931 00:47:54,917 --> 00:47:56,582 of the last four Govs elected, 932 00:47:56,583 --> 00:47:57,791 along with half the Assembly. 933 00:47:57,792 --> 00:48:00,040 But it seems, in this case, he focused on the casino. 934 00:48:00,041 --> 00:48:03,082 So, why would Foley want to fuck me? 935 00:48:03,083 --> 00:48:06,374 Unclear. Look, it's like that Marco kid said, 936 00:48:06,375 --> 00:48:08,249 this likely wasn't a targeted strike. 937 00:48:08,250 --> 00:48:10,250 It was collateral on a strike against someone else. 938 00:48:10,274 --> 00:48:13,624 It may actually be random Albany bullshit. 939 00:48:13,625 --> 00:48:15,249 But we can't be sure it wasn't. 940 00:48:15,250 --> 00:48:16,250 No, we can't. 941 00:48:24,792 --> 00:48:26,624 I'm Tier two, which means I can sign out 942 00:48:26,625 --> 00:48:28,165 during the day to look for a job. 943 00:48:28,166 --> 00:48:30,249 But I don't want to talk about this place. 944 00:48:30,250 --> 00:48:31,490 I want to hear about the world. 945 00:48:32,625 --> 00:48:35,666 Well... 946 00:48:35,667 --> 00:48:38,457 I'm having problems with that bond I bought upstate. 947 00:48:38,458 --> 00:48:40,958 I saw. 948 00:48:40,959 --> 00:48:43,249 Albany moved the gaming license. 949 00:48:43,250 --> 00:48:44,624 You trying to get it back? 950 00:48:44,625 --> 00:48:48,124 It's too late. I have to take action. 951 00:48:48,125 --> 00:48:51,165 The only way that I can come out ahead, 952 00:48:51,166 --> 00:48:52,166 it's pretty grisly. 953 00:48:54,750 --> 00:48:58,583 Playing Torquemada's never fun. 954 00:49:07,708 --> 00:49:10,958 I'm still stuck on how the whole license thing went down. 955 00:49:10,959 --> 00:49:13,290 It was supposed to be a done deal. 956 00:49:13,291 --> 00:49:17,124 But the switch... it tracks back to Jack Foley. 957 00:49:17,125 --> 00:49:19,791 What do you want to know about Black Jack? 958 00:49:19,792 --> 00:49:21,582 What drives him. What moves him. 959 00:49:21,583 --> 00:49:24,249 Who he's close to. 960 00:49:24,250 --> 00:49:26,416 How I can get close to him. 961 00:49:26,417 --> 00:49:29,124 He's driven by maintaining influence... 962 00:49:29,125 --> 00:49:30,000 naturally... 963 00:49:30,001 --> 00:49:33,416 and growing his six-generation fortune 964 00:49:33,417 --> 00:49:35,833 and staying invisible despite it all. 965 00:49:35,834 --> 00:49:38,624 Advisor to kings and princes. 966 00:49:38,625 --> 00:49:39,583 There was a time not long ago 967 00:49:39,584 --> 00:49:41,144 I could have put you in a room with him. 968 00:49:41,168 --> 00:49:45,666 But I'm off his speed dial now. 969 00:49:45,667 --> 00:49:47,417 All the way off. 970 00:49:49,000 --> 00:49:50,000 Roberto... 971 00:49:50,001 --> 00:49:53,207 what you're considering upstate, 972 00:49:53,208 --> 00:49:56,999 the vulture play, know this... 973 00:49:57,000 --> 00:49:58,457 everybody's a Libertarian 974 00:49:58,458 --> 00:50:00,457 until it's their town that's dying. 975 00:50:00,458 --> 00:50:03,707 Then a bailout only seems right. 976 00:50:03,708 --> 00:50:05,290 Before I ended up in here, 977 00:50:05,291 --> 00:50:07,833 I would've said to you, 978 00:50:07,834 --> 00:50:09,154 "Let it implode. Raze the fucker." 979 00:50:09,178 --> 00:50:12,582 Let something new grow in its place. 980 00:50:12,583 --> 00:50:14,374 Prop it up and you're only delaying 981 00:50:14,375 --> 00:50:15,874 "the inevitable collapse." 982 00:50:15,875 --> 00:50:17,165 But now? 983 00:50:17,166 --> 00:50:18,833 You have to handle it right, 984 00:50:18,834 --> 00:50:21,332 or you'll be facing the same torches and pitchforks 985 00:50:21,333 --> 00:50:22,582 that landed me in here. 986 00:50:22,583 --> 00:50:24,917 Except that what I'd be doing isn't illegal. 987 00:50:27,166 --> 00:50:28,207 I did everything I could 988 00:50:28,208 --> 00:50:30,707 to make sure it didn't come to this. 989 00:50:30,708 --> 00:50:32,708 But still it went bad. 990 00:50:34,667 --> 00:50:37,666 Just don't forget... 991 00:50:37,667 --> 00:50:39,332 if they hate you enough, 992 00:50:39,333 --> 00:50:42,165 they will find legal grounds to fuck you. 993 00:50:42,166 --> 00:50:43,250 You know this. 994 00:50:50,375 --> 00:50:54,207 You're not gonna be able to find out what I need to know. 995 00:50:54,208 --> 00:50:56,208 I'm gonna have to sit down face-to-face with Foley. 996 00:50:56,232 --> 00:50:58,666 He'll be resistant. 997 00:50:58,667 --> 00:51:01,833 So start thinking of ways to overcome that resistance. 998 00:51:01,834 --> 00:51:03,208 Will do. 999 00:51:13,583 --> 00:51:14,583 Yeah. 1000 00:51:15,750 --> 00:51:17,749 No, I wasn't. 1001 00:51:17,750 --> 00:51:19,417 But send him up. 1002 00:51:35,417 --> 00:51:37,750 I understand what "vulture" means now, huh. 1003 00:51:39,542 --> 00:51:42,582 I know things didn't work out the way we thought they would. 1004 00:51:42,583 --> 00:51:44,263 And I know this is a bad situation for you. 1005 00:51:44,287 --> 00:51:46,582 But I got to ask you to please 1006 00:51:46,583 --> 00:51:49,749 not take it out on Marco's town. 1007 00:51:49,750 --> 00:51:51,416 You know you've got a finder's fee 1008 00:51:51,417 --> 00:51:52,833 coming to you either way. 1009 00:51:52,834 --> 00:51:54,749 Come on, I don't give a shit about that. 1010 00:51:54,750 --> 00:51:57,332 You can throw it right in if it changes anything. 1011 00:51:57,333 --> 00:51:59,416 Bobby, I've known you since you're a kid. 1012 00:51:59,417 --> 00:52:02,040 I don't know why you want to hurt all of these people 1013 00:52:02,041 --> 00:52:04,040 who got so little as it is. 1014 00:52:04,041 --> 00:52:07,249 These people, they're just like you while growing up. 1015 00:52:07,250 --> 00:52:09,207 Now you've got everything. 1016 00:52:09,208 --> 00:52:11,791 They're gonna have less than nothing. 1017 00:52:11,792 --> 00:52:14,874 I can't have that on my head, and you don't want it on yours. 1018 00:52:14,875 --> 00:52:17,124 I hear you, Bruno. 1019 00:52:17,125 --> 00:52:19,582 Like you said, you've known me since I was a kid, 1020 00:52:19,583 --> 00:52:21,416 so you know I'm telling you the truth 1021 00:52:21,417 --> 00:52:25,457 when I say I want to avoid doing it. 1022 00:52:25,458 --> 00:52:27,583 I'm trying my best. 1023 00:53:22,208 --> 00:53:24,374 I saw Bruno down there. 1024 00:53:24,375 --> 00:53:25,999 He was here about the muni bond? 1025 00:53:26,000 --> 00:53:28,542 Lobbying for Sandicot. 1026 00:53:33,417 --> 00:53:34,617 What do you think I should do? 1027 00:53:36,375 --> 00:53:40,207 You finally asking me for my opinion? 1028 00:53:40,208 --> 00:53:41,834 I wasn't cutting you out. 1029 00:53:44,291 --> 00:53:46,833 I'm just trying to wrap my head around all this. 1030 00:53:46,834 --> 00:53:49,125 But now I really need to know what you think. 1031 00:53:53,333 --> 00:53:56,624 I can see how painful this is for you. 1032 00:53:56,625 --> 00:53:59,417 It was all over your face when you were talking to Bruno. 1033 00:54:03,500 --> 00:54:06,541 It's tough. 1034 00:54:06,542 --> 00:54:08,874 I just sank a shit ton of money into a place 1035 00:54:08,875 --> 00:54:11,750 that will never be able to repay its obligations. 1036 00:54:13,542 --> 00:54:16,541 But if we go soft, like Bruno wants us to, 1037 00:54:16,542 --> 00:54:19,708 we'll lose the better part of 500 million dollars. 1038 00:54:21,834 --> 00:54:26,916 Whereas if we do what it takes to make the bond viable, 1039 00:54:26,917 --> 00:54:29,291 we're gonna clear over $100 million. 1040 00:54:31,667 --> 00:54:35,374 I can see both sides of this. 1041 00:54:35,375 --> 00:54:37,095 Those people up there are who we used to be. 1042 00:54:37,119 --> 00:54:40,285 That's what Bruno said. 1043 00:54:43,000 --> 00:54:46,750 Did anyone ever help us, or look out for us? 1044 00:54:47,625 --> 00:54:50,124 When my mother was closing the blinds 1045 00:54:50,125 --> 00:54:52,999 so that bill collectors wouldn't know that anyone was home? 1046 00:54:53,000 --> 00:54:54,207 No. 1047 00:54:54,208 --> 00:54:57,707 The way we were brought up, it was always them or us. 1048 00:54:57,708 --> 00:54:58,999 And it still is. 1049 00:54:59,000 --> 00:55:03,249 That's what I think. 1050 00:55:03,250 --> 00:55:06,207 And like you said, Bobby... 1051 00:55:06,208 --> 00:55:09,124 in the end, everyone else is cannon fodder. 1052 00:55:09,125 --> 00:55:12,958 So I say you go up there, and you do what you got to do. 1053 00:55:12,959 --> 00:55:14,916 Cut off the gangrenous parts. 1054 00:55:14,917 --> 00:55:17,582 And then we go in with charter schools and outrage, 1055 00:55:17,583 --> 00:55:18,958 for about $30 million. 1056 00:55:18,959 --> 00:55:20,249 We capture the tax write-off, 1057 00:55:20,250 --> 00:55:22,332 and those kids will be better off 1058 00:55:22,333 --> 00:55:24,750 than their parents, or we, ever were. 1059 00:55:27,542 --> 00:55:31,500 ♪ AC/DC's "For Those About to Rock" ♪ 1060 00:55:45,917 --> 00:55:48,541 Before we go out, can you order pizza for the kids? 1061 00:55:48,542 --> 00:55:50,624 Chinese tonight. 1062 00:55:50,625 --> 00:55:52,499 The one they like doesn't deliver. 1063 00:55:52,500 --> 00:55:53,833 And George isn't here yet. 1064 00:55:53,834 --> 00:55:56,916 I'll get it. 1065 00:55:56,917 --> 00:55:57,999 Seize all their assets... 1066 00:55:58,000 --> 00:56:02,332 property, utilities, machinery, vehicles, buildings. 1067 00:56:02,333 --> 00:56:06,082 Everything, even Town fucking Hall. 1068 00:56:06,083 --> 00:56:08,040 Look to seize the town's bank accounts, 1069 00:56:08,041 --> 00:56:09,458 payroll accounts, pension funds. 1070 00:56:18,458 --> 00:56:19,916 Do it. 1071 00:56:19,917 --> 00:56:22,833 They'll fucking agree to it because they've got no choice. 1072 00:56:22,834 --> 00:56:25,874 And don't stop till we get what we're owed. 1073 00:56:25,875 --> 00:56:30,792 ♪ For those about to rock, we salute you ♪ 1074 00:56:33,041 --> 00:56:35,999 ♪ For those about to rock ♪ 1075 00:56:36,000 --> 00:56:39,874 ♪ We salute you ♪ 1076 00:56:39,875 --> 00:56:42,582 ♪ We rock at dawn on the front line ♪ 1077 00:56:42,583 --> 00:56:47,374 ♪ Like a bolt right out of the blue ♪ 1078 00:56:47,375 --> 00:56:51,040 ♪ The sky's alight with the guitar bite ♪ 1079 00:56:51,041 --> 00:56:54,332 ♪ Heads will roll and rock tonight ♪ 1080 00:56:54,333 --> 00:56:56,207 ♪ For those about to rock ♪ 1081 00:56:56,208 --> 00:57:00,332 ♪ We salute you ♪ 1082 00:57:00,333 --> 00:57:04,165 ♪ For those about to rock ♪ 1083 00:57:04,166 --> 00:57:08,749 ♪ We salute you ♪ 1084 00:57:08,750 --> 00:57:09,950 ♪ For those about to rock... ♪